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BLANCA v. COUNTY OF NASSAU

65 N.Y.2d 712 (1985)

Blanca C. and Others, Infants, by their Mother and Natural Guardian, Carmen M., et al., Appellants, v. County of Nassau et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Joachim and Jeffrey S. Lisabeth for appellants.

Edward G. McCabe, County Attorney (Joshua A. Elkin of counsel), for respondents.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Michael S. Buskus, Robert Hermann and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), amicus curiae.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and ALEXANDER concur; Judge TITONE taking no part.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

We agree, for the reasons stated in the opinion of Justice David T. Gibbons (103 A.D.2d 524, 530-532; see, Hawley v State of New York, 16 N.Y.2d 809), that defendant County is not vicariously responsible for the injuries inflicted by the foster parents...

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